Book Publishing
AMA October 2023: Grant Faulkner
The AMA (Ask-Me-ANYTHING) program is a series of interactive Zoom video meetings on the web where attendees can ask questions pertaining to their writing and publishing projects. A publishing industry professional, the featured expert, would answer these questions in these monthly live meetings. Due to a scheduling error, the originally scheduled program will now be…
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The AMA (Ask-Me-ANYTHING) program is a series of interactive Zoom video meetings on the web where attendees can ask questions pertaining to their writing and publishing projects. A publishing industry professional, the featured agent, would answer these questions in these monthly live meetings. The featured agent for our August 18, 2023 meeting is Gordon Warnock,…
Read MoreA SFWC Success Story!
We love sharing success stories that come out of our San Francisco Writers Conference. It gave us so much joy to recently learn about one of our alumnae, Janet Garber, who found inspiration and a connection at our 2019 SFWC. Here’s what Janet had to say: “In February 2019 I decided to fly to San…
Read MoreWhy come to SFWC?
Here are 4 great reasons from co-director Lissa Provost why you should consider attending the San Francisco Writers Conference this year! Why come to SFWC? Access to industry professionals The San Francisco Writers Conference offers the highest ratio of industry professionals to attendees available. It’s actually between a 3:1 and 4:1 ratio, a number I…
Read MoreA Fun Quiz for Authors and Authors-to-be on the business of being a professional author
By Joey Garcia, author platform coach and editor How much do you know about the business of being a professional author? Most of us spend a lot of time in writing classes but don’t make a commensurate investment in learning about the business we’re in. Think of it this way: Every author runs a small…
Read MoreTo produce an audiobook or not? Is there really a question?
By Sue Zizza Audiobooks have grown to be a very important part of the publishing industry. Major publishers typically include producing an audiobook for both fiction and non-fiction titles to be released at the same time as the print version. Sales from audio can help drive print sales and visa versa. And while some independent…
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